Allegheny County PA Archives History .....Comlaint V. John Dill For Commitment To Reform School March 14, 1899
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Complaint made before Frank J. Schellman, Alderman of the City of Allegheny, by 
Henry Doll, father of John Doll, a minor born March 10, 1888.  John is 
uncontrollable, incorrigible, will not attend school.  (signed in German; last 
name written Doll with an umlaut over the "o").  J.R. Duncan & A.H. Dice, 
Truant Officers for the district where said John Doll resides, depose that the 
parents would send John off to school and would not see him until 9 or 10 
o'clock at night.

Additional Comments:
Notes made upon the boy's arrival at Pennsylvania Reform School at Morganza:
     John Dill, No. 5662, Division A.  Parents living at 76 Juniata Street, 
Allegheny, Pa.  Father, Henry Dill, a laborer.  Sent here for not going to 
school.
     Description: height 4' 2 1/2"; weight 62 pounds.  Light brown hair & eyes; 
fair complexion.
     Age: 11 on Mar. 10, 1899; received Mar. 15, 1899.  Born Penna. of German 
parents.  Lutheran.  Parents not intemperate, own no property.  1 older 
sister.  Can read & write.  Does not swear, lie, steal; does not use tobacco.  
Is not intemperate, has not been arrested before.

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